The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICE S.-D tiring the storms. of thei past year the boats of the National Lifeboat institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institut ion has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. imx the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,3:4 64. ed. as rewards for saving 714 shipwreck ed . persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The CoirrAmittee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the c =- tinned heavy demands on the Institution's 125 lifeboat est ab lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon , lon and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard L 0 ris, at the Institution, 14, John -street, Adelphi. --- THE MODERN AUGUSTUS, or T he Lie if a Lift time, in F UN This Week. — One ROY.L.L ENGLISH orEiaA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under 1e Management of Miss L o uisa Fyne and; Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVI3 %TING, to commence with (13th time) an en tirely new Or 04 !retta, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss 'Louisa Fyne and 'gr. W. Harrison. After whic h , a Grand Chris tm as P a ntomime, on a. scale of Unprecedent(!c ' ma2nificence, ntitled HA3LEQJ TIN ST. GEORGL AND THE DRAGON. Doors op en at half-past Six— ommence at Seven. THEATILE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Mani tgers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVEI TING, the Pezformances will commence with the New Serio-•Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled IS IGLU 4.N.13 .11ORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, sup ported by - Brews. Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames, an d Misses R. Leclercq, tittinson, and Heath. To conclud e with THEew Grand Christmas Comic Panto- mime of SD MAD SAILOR ; or, The of_ th, World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, !getters. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W. A. 13 arses and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Miin , es Gnnniss. Prices as usua. L Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE' ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. ManN n ;rs, Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. A GRAND 3 LORNING PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT 11 r EDNESDAY, at Two o'clock, when the Boys of the Duke of Y. ork's School with their Band will attend. The Free Li: rt entirely suspended, the public press ex- Cepted. f HIS EVE; ING, NIGHT AND MORN. Mevirs. Phelps, Ryder, -Raynor, Fitzjames; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Atkinson, and /Vitas Heath. After whic h, the Grand Comic Christmas PANTO mimic, written. by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled and founded on the :popular Oriental story of SINDBAD THE s.A. I LOB- The r Gorgeously beautiful character of the decora tions. inclus i ve (if more than the usual amount of scenical surprises and to a nsforma:ion wonders, are ensured by the fact of their bei n g entirely designed and for the most part executed by the o elebrated artist, William Beverley, whose eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclu sively for the T b ,eatre Royal Drury-Lane. The general action f the Fan t omime, arranged by, and the whole pro duced under the i t irection of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Principal characters in the opening by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne ville, Fitzjames, 1 leagreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle ; Misses C Azzie W ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry, and Cic fly Nott. The Harlequinade will include the services of t J lose popular Pantomimists (forming a double company), : Harry Boleno and Mr. C. Laud, Clowns ; Mr. W. A. Barn cs and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr. Cormack and /I r. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame Bolen and Miss es Gunniss, Columbines. The masks, devices, and drew , 3s, from designs by the humorously re owned Dykwynk Pn. The music, selected and arranged by ItCr. J. Barnard. 'L'he dances and action of the Ballet ar runged by Mr. Cor tack. Comic scenes. tricks, by Messrs. IL Bolen to and Cormack. Box Officopen daily from 10 till 5 o'cloc . The massive and 13 eautiful decorations of the amphitheatre, proscenium, and ceiling, designed and completed under the dt-ection of Marsh Nelson, Esq., in that gorgeous style of ornamentation knoo V n as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and the public last year, having; been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect of the house before the curtain (which, when lighted up, is admit ti:d to be the most beautiful in Europe), an object of admiration which in itself is worth a visit. Doors open at Ha IF-past Six. Performances commence at Seven, and terminate every evening at Eleven o'clock. AOYAI. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO ( a Triumphant Success) will be repeated 7very Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, ; the performance will commence with a flew and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : xessrs. H. Widdicoin be, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, idqreland ; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. Ater which, at Eig ht o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love istor y, in Twelve Tab teaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle -," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ei ty Mr. Fechter, ”upported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, `' , ,,oughNm, Emery, itaymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, lett, Sims ; Miss E.ate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is inade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either 'tor play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks. and g at the attendants in, all parts of the house are forbidden to .iceive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open drily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. ifl-lEATR ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. T FIIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN CO Messrs othern, Bnckstone, C hippendale, Braid, Gordon, , Clark, Cullentord, &c, ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, ace After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chipnendste, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ' • Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA. DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER ; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the uld Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't know what to do. E W 'oh FAA.TRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI.- Sole 'Proprietor and Manacrer. Mr. 11. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL: Mr. J. L. Toole, eit to Eigot, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirline, R. Phillips, Bil lngton, Stu art, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss S. ahnms, and Mrs. Bi/lin 4%ton. To conelvlc le with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortzmio and his Seven 111 agb Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, Phillips, Stephenson Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Joselhs, _Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA - H.-EVERY MISS BATE3IAN. NIGHT. MISS 33 ATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING, the 94 .d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LMAII. In consequence of the unbounde Ni success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH h a s been attended, Mr Webster begs to announce that it will b e performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. 'ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Alanagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT .6,3 I TRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLTS MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1853 ; or. the Sensations of the Past Season, until farther notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER ; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863 ; or. THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. In rehearsal, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq. 10? OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. t , THIS EVENDIG, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss K. Carson. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURTOICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, 'Mesdames Swanborongh, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. 111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, on be had Every Nvening of G. R. GLIfiNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ran DAY. —Morning, 9h. 13m.—Afternoon, 9h. 52m. ro-moßaow.-Morning, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, 11h. 10m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 18, 1864, • THERMOMETER. Thia day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.02. Wind—N. -E.; moderate, and cloudy. t: , t lit • 0 .-". * a ‘ it' LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 18, 1861, The first blast has just now been sounded on the war trumpet! It is yet ringing freshly upon our hearing. Its dissonance is audible simultaneously from Berlin and Vienna. For, the responsibility of giving this dismal signal of the renewal of hostili , ti's among the nations of Europe, would seem to be shared equally between the two great leeding Powers of Germany. It is to the organ of Lord PALMERSTON, and not to the organ of the Govern ment of Lord PALMERSTON collectively, that we are indebted for the distinct intimation of this revival of war—or all-but-certain revival of war upon the Continent. While the Times re mains altogether silent upon the subject, the Morning Post formally announces the presentation of an ultimatum to the Danish Government by the 'diplomatic representatives of Austria and Prussia at the Court of Copenhagen. A distinct and posi tive declaration to that effect, it was hardly to be conceived could be put forth by the known organ of the Prime Minister without the most complete and absolute authorisation. At any time, under any conjuncture of circumstances, it could not p oss ibl y , there be that we Should think otberwie. When fore, so immediately before the re-assembling of Parliament, the announcement referred to as con tained in the leading columns of the Morning Post of this morning, made its appearance, not as the hint of a rumour, but as the intimation of a fact, we could not, perforce, but accept the intimation as such, as a fact—and look to the imme diate probabilities accordingly. An ultimatum this was ;described to have been by our contemporary, requiring the immediate abrogation of the Consti tution of November, and intimating that, in the event of a refusal to comply with their demand, they, the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors, would at once quit the capital of Copenhagen ; their respective Governments forthwith proceeding, moreover, to take further measures to obtain the fulfilment of their desires ! (The accuracy of our co ntemporary's announcement, it may be re marked, has just now been confirmed to us by telegram from Copenhagen.) The decision of the Danish Government in regard to this sufficiently clear ultimatum being required to be given in by the 18th, that is to say, by this present forenoo❑ Absolutely certain it is that the decision given in by the Danish Government, if it mast so be delivered, to those two ambassadors before this momentous 18th day of January, 1864, shall have expired, will be a refusal, a distinct and positive refusal to concede. King CHRISTIAN, indeed, in this matter, has no alternative, Hi own individual honour—if possible, still more than the honour of the Crown by which his brows have so very recently been invested—the per sonal honour of the KING is pledged to the con servation of the rights of Denmark in this very particular, in this very matter of the Constitution of November. War, therefore, between Denmark and Germany would appear to be inevitable. And though England has barely anything whatever to do with a question so remote as that out of which this disastrous renewal of war emerges—the long - vexed question, having its Gordian knot at Kiel, and the circumference of its tangled skein traceable only by the frontier-line of Schleswig and Holstein —it comes home to us, this question, as a matter of vital import, nevertheless ! If for no other reason, for this, that, while all the disputed rights are glaringly upon the side of the Danes, Englishmen cannot but recognise in the champion of those Danish rights, far more vividly than the royal dignity of King CHRISTIAN, his paternal character as the father of our fair young Princess. Never did a more unanimous welcome attend on any royal birth than has greeted the happy advent of the youthful heir of England. In all places of religious worship, of whatever denomination throughout the land, heartfelt prayers of genuine thanksgiving have arisen to the Giver of all good gifts. It was not left alene to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY to express, by desire of the Council, the nation's gratitude. The Jewish Rabbi at once, in earnest language called upon his people to give thanks to the GOD of Israel. Yesterday, also, in all the Catholic churches and chapels of the metropolis, an eloquent Pastoral from Cardinal WfsEmaN, expressed the grateful sentiments of the Catholic population. The Pas toral being dated on the octave of the Epiphany, the Cardinal with that happy promptitude of thought which generally characterises his produc tions, reminded his hearers to pray " that He who, at this season, would receive his birthday offering, however regal, only from the hands of the wise, would infase into the heart of the Royal infant that truest wisdom which SOLOMON preferred before kingdoms and thrones." Equally appropriate to the emotions of the Cardinal is the tender remem brance of the widowed QUEEN. "We feel sure that, while praying for the speedy and complete restoration to health of the Princess mother, that she may be 'as a fruitful vine on the sides of the Royal house,' you will turn your thoughts and sympathies towards one still more august, who, after her, has hero a larger claim than any one else to maternal joys ; and who, after a long period of faithful mourning, may perhaps exclaim, as did Lamgeh on the birth of Noe—' This child shall com fort us.'" That such may be the happy result of this Royal birth has been, from the moment it was first announced, the one spontaneous feeling of all the subjects of Queen VICTORIA. The eloquent words in which that sentiment was expressed by Cardinal WISEMAN are only the embodiment of the feelings of a whole nation. There is no eccial reform of which we stand more in need than the better arrangement of our work houses with regard to out-doer relief. The reliev ing officer, as he is called by courtesy, is veritably on the principle of lucus non lucendo. What with forms and ceremonies, what with plans and coun ter plans, the precious time is wasted in trifling and the vaivable moments squandered in contention while life and death are trembling in the balance, and the objects for whom all these places are con structed, these cfficials paid, and the public money expended, perish miserably from want, and their deaths are a lasting disgrace to the system adopted, and a scandal to the community where they draw their last breath, and often expire from sheer want. There was an inquest held on Friday last touching the death of MARY OVERREE, who died from al leged privation. It appeared from the evidence That was given that deceased had endeavoured to support herself by needlework, but, being ill, had applied for parish relief. This was refused her, unless she came into the workhouse. Having a great dislike to that, she declined, and accordingly was left without assistance. Surely the authorities ought to take up this matter and severely censure, if they do not dismiss, the official who thus wan tonly trifles with human life. Where can be the gain of forcing so many poor people into the house ? Once in they are not likely soon to come out, and they might very probably in a short time recover themselves sufficiently to go on without being a burden to the parish if only timely aid were afforded to them. "A friend in need is a friend indeed" is ktrite remark, but the same idea is applicable to assis- Eance given at a fitting season. This poor woman's case is a most cruel one, and it is very much to be regretted that the jury did not administer a sharp rebuke to the officer in their verdict. It was not enough to say that "said death was accele rated by privation," they ought to have pressed the charge home to him through whose perversity and hardheartedness the calamity ensued. She might have died whatever had been done, but that is no excuse for those who rendered her last hours so sad and neglected, and caused the agony of pri vation to be added to the other ailietions that as sailed her. B ethnal-green is a black sheep amidst the other faulty and insufficient provisions for the destitute in London. There are constantly cases coming before the public which testify strongly as to the inefficacy of its arrangements, the fate' blunders of its officials, and the extreme and bitter wretchedness of its suffering poor. Such things should not be tolerated amongst us, and it is high time that a speedy remedy be applied, and a total and fundamental change take place. In a Christian co mmunity it is ad outrage on the firit principles of humanity, and a direct violation of the precepts of our great Lawgiver, who has said, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these My bi:tthren, ye did it unto Me. There is another case recently cited in connection with this place, which imperatively calls for notice, and claims our earnest attention. Mr. CHAFFER, the curate of St. Philip, has written a letter, which furnishes a most distressing proof of the evil system adopted in respect to those who ask for, and stand in imminent need of temporary relief. A poor man who is bedridden sought admission to the workhouse, but was refused unless his wife and child also came in with him. The poor woman can support herself by the work she gets from a shop, and therefore very naturally objects to 'jive up her present independent position, wit} a certainty of employment, for a state in whire'n she would be de prived of her child, and if she did continue to come out hercaftet she would very likely not be able to recover her lost work. Mr. CHAFFER very truly says if " humanity be a feeling unknown to the guardians and relieving officers of Bethnal-green, it would be cheaper to support one pauper than thrsa in the workhouse." This is eminently deserving of attention, and it is to be hoped that some influential individuals will take up the case, and strike at the roots of a system which thus militates against the vital interests of the community. The subject is connected with all that can attract attention or command respect. It is a dreadful thing to reflect upon that our honest and deserving poor, who wish to support themselves by their own exertions to the utmost of their ability, are to be trampled upon by upstart officials, who seem neither to possess the sense to appreciate the independence of the sufferers, nor to feel any pity for the calamities that have befallen them. It is a mockery to send missionaries to the uttermost ends of the earth, to be for ever devising means to assist the distatit nations of the world, and to rest satisfied with laws which allow our own coun trymen to be neglected, insulted, and ill-treated by those appointed by law to assist and protect them. The Ministers, who seem to be in the predicament of doing nothing, because each public question of any moment is hedged in by difficulties, had better turn their attention to matters of less outward im portance, but of great intrinsic consequence. Despise not the da,y of smali things may well be said to all legislators and statesmen, who, in the pride of place and plenitude of power, appear to think nothing simple and humble is good or grand enough for them to consider or to take notice of. The poor shall never cease of the land, we have been told on unerring authority, but this divine lesson was not to teach us indifference, still less neglect, of that sad and suffering tribe. Far otherwise, they are a heavy responsibility, a sacred trust, and a solemn charge. For our dealings with them in a social, political, and moral sense, we shall have to render a strict account; and, in the name of Him in whose sight rich and poor are equal, we may call upon all who are able to assist to do so to the utmost of their power, and with all the strength of their will. It will be a good work to have effected, to bring the arrangements and regulations which direct our poor population into a focus whence they may be cor rectly estimated. Let it not be said that the wretched deaths that have lately taken place have been in vain, but let them, the last victims to a cruel code of restrictions, be the exceptions that the past will offer to the new and better rules of a propitious present. There can be no occasion to wait for other examples to furnish a necessity for the adop- ' tion of a change; it is surely sufficient for it to be proved th:.t, under the existing customs, it is an every-day occurrence for the poor to perish mise rably, and in their squalid cells, dreary garrets, and comfortless abodes, they can hardly call death itself a king of terrors more terrible than the enactments of civilisation, which counsels the authorities to doom them to such lives, and to refuse to dole out anywhi which help e to a r t e h e n m o . w prfahsesiningeleamddesnttesnefaoslodnwtehigrohutgtho ' all arguments that can be adduced on the question ; and if such instances of gross neglect, sheer care lessness, and perverse prejudice cannot impress those who hear of them, it may well be said that no effect would be produced if, instead of their fellow creatures perishing miserably around, one rose from the dead as a warning to their laxity, and a witness against their fatal tardiness and ignorant infatuation. Last Friday evening the inhabitants of Liver pool and Birkenhead were thrown into a state of the greatest alarm by the explosion of a large quan tity of gunpowder on board a vessel in the river. It was no ordinary shock, and its effects were felt on both sides of the river to the consternation and terror of the populace, and the destruction of an enormous quantity of glass. The facts are as fol lows :—The bark Lottie Sleigh, about 700 tons burden, Captain WEBBER, belonging to Mess rs . HATToN and COOKSON, of Liverpool, having cleared out of dock, proceeded to her anchorage in the Mersey, off Monk's Ferry. She was bound f or th e West Coast of Africa with a general cargo, having also on board 940 qaarter kegs of gunpowder, weighing 11,i tons,stowed in her after hold -under the captain's cabin. It appears about six o'clock in the evening the steward was trimming a lamp in the cabin, when a can of paraffin which he held in his hand became ignited, and the flaming liquid instantly spread over the floor, setting fire to the curtains, &e., of the captain's sleeping apartment, and the woodwork generally. With such rapidity did the flames spread that all efforts to check its progress were unavailing, and the burning stream soon found its way down the grating of the lazarette, and communicated itself to the cargo in the after hold, and all hopes of saving the ship were given up. The crew, 14 in number, were taken off by the Rock Ferry steamer Wasp, and the ship Was abandoned to her fate. The fire rapidly spread, and could be plainly witnessed from the bark Retriever, moored about 200 yards from the burn ing vessel. The fire raged for up wards of an hour, as we are informed, befoie the explosion took place. The result can be better imagined than described. The concussion of the air was so tremendous that all thelamps throughout the city were extinguished, doera burst open, and glass in every direction shivered; several persons were thrown down by the shock, and much property was damaged by the falling debris, which was thrown on both sides of the river. Fortunately, so far as we can learn, no lives were lost, and before midnight the town had subsided into comparative tranquillity. Such acci dents are, happily, of rare occurrence. Every pre caution is taken in the docks to prevent, as far as practicable, the possibility of fire; and, but for the presence of so large a quantity of powder on board the Lottie; Sleigh, the matter would have ended with the destruction of the vessel. It is fortunate that the loss in the present instance was confined to the injury inflicted on property, and that no human lives were sacrificed ; but the question arises, whether sufficient efforts were made to extinguish the fire ? It was a matter of secondary importance to save the ship, but the great object was to prevent the certain destruction of an immense amount of property, and the probable loss of many lives. We have every reason to believe that the powder was carefully secured, for the fire seems to have raged unchecked in the afterhold for upwards of an hour in: close proximity to the magazine before the ex plosion took place, and the ship was passed by steamers long after she was deserted by her crew. Surely, there was great precipitancy shown in leaving the vessel without an attempt to scuttle her. The fact is, that, as soon as the flames began to spread, a panic seems to have seized them, and all presence of mind was lost. The captain was pro ;Ably on shore, but surely some officer must have been in charge of the vessel, besides the pilot, who should have ende yvoured to control the crew. As rt there is no information on this point, but it is at least certain that almost immediately the ship took fire she continued to burn for more than an hour afterwards. Again, the Customs and dock authorities must have known of what her cargo consisted, and, we think, that until ehe left the river some person should have been left in charge of her, with authority to sink her in case of fire, for it is evident that the breadth of the river was no protection to the town from the effects of such a stupendous explosion. Aud, lastly, what business had the steward to meddle aa ith such a combustible material as paraffin oil by candlelight, and that, too, on a large scale, directly over a slumbering volcano ? If this was not tempting fate, it was something very like it. Why should not the cabin lamp have been trimmed in daylight and on deck, or, at least, somewhere remote from the mag a zi ne ? While on this subject we may remark that most of the accidents which occur with paraffin and other lamps by the ignition of the spirit might be avoided if householders or servants were to trim their lamps in the morning, and not leave the task until the lamp was about to be used. In waiting for further information regarding this explosion, it would be unfair to cast blame upon any one, further than is warranted by the facts at present before us. It is evident that all was confusion on board the Lottie Sleigh from the moment the accident hap pened, which may be, to some extent, excused from the ignorance of the men as to the precautions which were taken to protect the powder from acci dent; but we consider that the Dock or Customs authorities should have taken measures to prevent the possibility of an explosion in so crowded a river as the Mersey. The matter will, of course, be thoroughly investigated, and we trust this accident may cause steps to be taken to prevent its recurrence, for we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that there was ample time to scuttle the ill-fated ship before the crew were taken off her by the Wasp. How Long will the American War Last ? TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is an ennobling eight in the opinion of some to see two athletes striving for the mastery—it is a sorry sight in the opinion of all to see them grappling in the mud, gouging, bitting, kicking, scratching, rolling over and over, and trying to tear each other piecemeal. But this is what the struggle between North and South in America is fast c o min g to. Explo s ive bullets and General Butler, Greek fire and German mercenaries, exchange of pri soners refused, and war made upon women, military operations carried out in the spirit of Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, and the " Scourge of God," " Secessiondom" to be made " as desolate as Hell," and a " region as big as Europe" reduced to its original wilderness of swamps and alligators. This is war after the gospel of Mr. Bright's pacific friends, the model democracy under the Dictator of the White House; and war to which we can see no limit and no end. If in the spring the North are able to push on further into the South the war will become universal over half a continent. War here, there, and everywhere, war to the knife, the torch, the explosive bullet, the shell filled with molten iron and Greek fire—perhaps even war with the poisoned bayonet. War of this sort bids fair to become the normal and natural state of things there, henceforth for ever, and peace the exceptional unlikely state that may never again be realised. In the time of the Roman Em pire, and the first French Empire, Europe was always at war; and the resources for war in America are at least as great as any that ever existed in Europe. Why not a " thirty years' war" in the New World ; chiller is the historian of such a war in the Old? And the worst is that Europe is too far off to interfere to stop it without making bad worse. I read in history that war in the Old World had only been limited by the means of making war ; and if this is to hold good in the New, the present generation may die in it, and the next be born, grow up, and die in it too, for the causes and elements of antagonism, discord, and confusion are greater than wore ever before concentrated in any one quarrel.—Yours, &e., HisTonicus. The New Movement for the Promotion of Murder, TIM SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1864. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Srit,—lt is good to point the moral of a lesson while it is fresh in the public memory. Strike while the iron is hot, or it will be too late to make an impression. Anybody who wants to be comfortably provided for for life, at the public charge, can easily realise his modest and moderate desires if he will follow the course which recent facts and the law, in its pr e sent state, point out to him, All ho has to do is to murder his wife and children, or burn down half a dozen houses, and then go and give himself into custody, and declare he wants to be hung and got out of the world. Thereupon the whole pack of mono maniacs who sympathise with the murderer and criminals generally, and are ready to swear that every criminal is mad, will rush to the rescue. Two magistrates, members of the " Great Unpaid," and two parish doctors under their in fluence, will be cajoled into signing a certificate that the murderer or inceadiary is mad, and he will be delivered over by the secular arm to those mononianiacs, and com fortably taken care of in an asylum for the term of his natu ralg life, like that interesting captive-George Victor Townley. will be the best adapte d for health and general comfort, He w ill have plenty to eat and His food, clothing, and lodgin nothing to do, and all day to do it in ; but lest this should prove tedious, and the interesting captive should be troubled with ennui, there will be plenty of amusing and instructive books to read, diversified with proper exercise and such recreations as chess and drafts, and a variety of other pur suits of a cheerful and exhilarating character, Why the monomanical sympathi sers w ith the murderer should evince such a st range f as cination about him is perfectly inexplicable, If T own l e y were really mad one could understand it on the principle that "a fellow feel ing makes us kind." But everybody who is sane knows perfectly well that Townley neither is nor was ma d at all. Besides, there is Wright, a n d no b o d y e ver even pretended that he was mad. Sir, thi s i s no t on ly a ridiculous , but a most heinous and attroctous s t a t e o f thimpl• It i s not onl y impunity, but solid substantial reward that is held out for most horrible and appalling forms of murder and crime. This state of things must not be allowed to last, or we shall have to borrow Judge Lynch, w ith Vigilance Committees and conventions of public safety from across the Atlantic. — Yours, Szc., COMMON SENSE. MAcFARREN's NEW OPERA, on the sub j ect of " She Stoops to Conquer' i s i n rehearsal at Covent-gar den Theatre. - A despatch from -- Damietta states t hat the Eng lish steamer Atlas from 11Iar se illes has gone ashore at that place. EST IL POSSIBLE ?—lt is reported that 111. La martin° is about to marry a ri,"(lig= Princess of large fortune. MR. F. GOODALL, THE NEW ROYAL ACADEMI cIAN,has delivered his diploma picture to the body of which he is now a full membe r. Th e subject o f this work is an old Nubian singing at the corner of a street in Cairo, and accompanying himself upon the nat ive harp or lute, He is surrounded by a motl e y g roup of lis teners, representing all the elements of an O r i en t a l street cro wd. II .—The rith CENTENARY OP BEETHOVEN S bIRT of December last, the h un d re dth anniver sar y of Beethoven's birth, seems to have p asse d e verywhere without any notice. We hear, however , that a commi ttee was formed on that day in Vienna f , r the purpose of erecti n g a monument to ' the great master, to b e unve iled on his b irthday in 1870. THE POET-SCULPTOR. Mr' Woolner sized model for the mar bl e s tatue of then ate Lo r ty Cord Maca placed in the library - lay, which is to be s full f Tllege, Cambridge, is now completed. In the studio of the same sculptor may be seen the colossal model for the bronze statue of Godley, the founder of the Canterbury settlement in Now Zealand, w hi c h w ill be erected in the city of Can terbury. A CENTENARIAN HEROINE. Catherine Shepherd has just died at Hudson, New Jersey, upwards of 100 years of age. tier father was Jacob Van Winkle, a descendant of one of the original Dutch settlers there. Her husband was a so ldier of the revolution. From a steeple at South B erge n she saw the British fleet take possession of New Y or k, an d the British army marching to Philadelphia. Th e British soldiers hung her father be cause he would not give them up his money, and after leaving him for dead she cut him down and restored him to life. She risked her life in carrying a message to the American commander at Belleville to warn him of a night attack from the British forces, by which she saved the American troops from destruction. —New York paper. THE CRAWLEY COURT -MARTIAL—WO under stand that the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who were ordered to attend at Aldershot upon the occasion of the recent court-martial, have been directed to remain in England, pending the action at the suit of Sergeat Major Wakefield in the Court . of Queen's Bench, — Unite? ,yervicc ar,:atc. LATEST LNTELLIGENCE. LRELTTER'S TELEGRAM.] THE AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIAN ULTIMATUM, COPENHAGEN, JAN. 18. The Dagbladet of to-day says :—" The ultimatum of Austria and Prussia, delivered to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Saturday, demands the retrac tation of the Constitution of the 18th November before this day, and the temporary return to the status quo existing before its promu!gation. What will happen if Denmark complies with this unjusti fiable and brutal demand, they do not state. If, on the other hand, the ultimatumshould not be complied with, they threaten all the misfortunes at their command, commencing with the withdrawal of their ambassadors." The Dagbladet goes on to remark :—" It is self evident that no idea can be entertained of com pliance with the ultimatum. What will happen then depends upon eventualities in Europe and Germany; We may observe that in case of war the German armies will require from three to four weeks to collect the necessary strength. By that time the Danish army will be larger than ever, and the fortified works be able to hold in check an enemy nearly twice as strong." PRUSSIA. THE KING'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE UPPER HOUSE. BERLIN, JAN. 15. The reply of the King to the Address of the Upper House may be summarised as follows : The objects of the demand of the Government were, firstly, the fulfilment of Federal obliga tions, the means for which could not be refused ; secondly, the preservation of the power and honour of Prussia against attack while such fulfilment was taking place. The declaration of the Upper House is agreeable to the king, at a time when resolutions pregnant with serious consequences are required. In view of threatening complications it is impossible to define beforehand the cause of policy ; questions of right and international relations cannot be decided by wishes and sympathies, however natural. The Government must be prepared for all eventualities in order to preserve the rights of Germany equally with the honour and power of Prussia, His Majesty thanks the Upper House for its assurance of aid, and hopes that the devotion of both houses to the requirements of the country will be powerful enough to cause them to lay aside pending differences, and unanimously grant the necessary means. The reply is countersigned by all the Ministers. The debate upon the Budget will take place in the Upper House on Thursday next. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, JAN. 18. Advices received here state that a circular of the National Government, dated the 4th inst., announces the dismissal of Gen. Mieroslawski from his post of General Organiser of the Revolutionary Forces. He is said nevertheless to be actively engaged at Liege in services for the national cause. The insurgent leader Kruk is reported to have retreated with a few followers into Gallicia, his de tachment having been dispersed. The Bishops of Lublin, Kieltre, and Cracow have ceased church mourning. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 16.—A slight degree of buoyancy has shown itself, and a larger amount of business has been transacted than for some days past. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c. Mobilier have also improved to 1,028 Cr. 75c, The arrival of the English funds with an advance hes teeded to impart firmness to this market. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents. 94 30 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1025 Do. end month lO2B 75 Bank Shares 3300 Credit I , oncior 1235 Roman Italian Loan 6B 70 Do. end month 69 New ditto .. Do. end month.... Russian Austrian .. BO Spanish Threes 6O 50 home Debt Deferred 'AYB. Cash. Account. 990 .. 991 25 952 50 .. Orleans Northern Now ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 935 . 940 New ditto B9O Sduthern Western Eastern Sardinian 383 75 .. 385 Austrian Lon. bard .. 5lB 75 ~ 521 25 North of Spain Saragossa 590 .. 590 Ditto to Barcelona Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening. The meetings of the ironmasters of this district terminated for the current quarter in this town this evening. The attendance was small, very few of the principal members of the trade being preuent. The amount of business reported was only moderate, and was chiefly in pig iron, the prices ranging at the meetings at Wolverhampton and Birmingham —£4 10s. to £4 121. 6d. per ton—being steadily adhered to. In manufactured iron there was little or nothing doing; all who are engaged in the trade in this locality are well supplied with orders, and are consequently careless about the acceptance of any others which may be offered. It was stated that the demand for sheet iron is increasing, and that since the meeting at Birmingham buyers have been anxious to place orders for that description of finished iron, but have found much difficulty in doing so where speedy delivery was made a stipu lation. The large works in this neighbourhood, and in the direction of Kingswinfur, Brettel-lane, and Brierly hill are all in full operation, the only drawback at this moment being On account of the scarcity of labour in some departments. There is also a feeling of disquietude among a section of the men on the subject of wages. The general rise to all who are engaged in the iron and coal trades takes place on Monday next, and it is hoped that the uneasiness which has of late existed on that subject will then be removed. The coal trade is unprecedentedly brisk ; the consumption is very large, and the demand consi derably in excess of the quantity raised. For native ironstone there is also a ready sale, and a good quan tity of ore is coming in from other districts. It was stated that there is a probability of the number of furnaces in blast being increased, but it is doubtful if this will be the case while there is such a scarcity of feel and of labour, the influence of which must operate against any increase in the make of pig iron in this district at present. Nearly the whole of the pigs stacked some years since have been sold off. The series of meetings which concluded to-night have passed off satisfactorily, and accounts have been well paid. MISS BRADDON, the novelist, was recently mar• ried to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher. MDLLE. RosA BONHEUR is engaged on a large picture, about ten feet high, intended as a companion to " The Horse Fair." THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENTIURG is described as a tall man, over six feet high, with hazel hair, blue eyes, light eyebrows, " good" complexion, man ner somewhat slow but stately, and speech sedate, with a slight peculiarity. Ho talked " affably," as German princes, when not opp3sed, generally do, and seems alto gether a well-intentioned, but somewhat slow and heavy person, who will govern Holstein without many blunders, but not be a very dangerous personage in Europe. German princes seldom are, which is one reason why they get so many thrones. Bonapartes are too troublesome, the House of Savoy too warlike, and the Dernadottee too Wm. RAIL LITERATURE. Macaulay's History of England. People'a Edition. Part 111. Longman and Co. Another instalment of this wonderfully cheap and beautifully printed edition of Macaulay's great fragment of a history, carries the narrative down far into the fifth chapter, to the 304th page of the first of the four volumes to which the edition will extend, deep into the year 1685, down to that dreadful epoch of judicial severity known as the Bloody Assizes, when the infamous Jeffries reigned supreme upon the bench as our English Rhada manthus. The more frequently our attention iR recalled to an examination of " Macaulay's History I of England," the more profoundly are we impressed with a sense of the great genius manfested so lumi nously throughout—the more fatly do we realise the marvellous beauty of its rhetoric—the more completely ere wo satisfied with the justice of the conclusion at which we have long arrived, in regard to Macaulay as an author, that he is the most perfect writer of prose, that be is the most perfect master of style in the English lan guage. Yet all the while, too, are we more and more firmly impressed with a painful consciousness that this exquisitely accomplished rhetorician, that this author, in some respects, of incomparable elo quence, that this man of encyclopm,lic knowledge, is so far to be read with jealous care in his charac ter as a historical teacher that, to put it in the mildest form, he lacks impartiality. He is per petually agitated by passion, either in the way of stubboin prejudice or of eager predilection. Of him, too, it might be said, as Goldsmith said of a kindred genius, the genius also of a great writer, a great orator, a scholar, a statesman, and a philosopher, that— " He gave up to party what was meant for mankind." Yet,while we are under the glamour of his eloquence, how willingly, for the time, we yield ourselves up to its witcheries! How dark, on the magic mirror of his page, appear the lineaments of those he loathe ! How radiant and how godlike the aspect of such as chance to have won the splendid weed of his approbation, some of them even receiving, as for example William of Orange, the literary apotheosis of his superb and already classic eulogiums! Un convinced—we cannot but admire, and admire, too, with an unstinted admiration. Luttrell of Arran. By Charles Lever, Part 11. Chapman and Hall. In this instalment the dramatis persona who are to figure hereafter in these pages are introduced. In the opening chapter the relations of the recluse's deceased wife are described with the author's cha racteristic ability. They have been summoned to pay the last rites and honours to their departed re lative, and the orgies of the wake concluded, the husband who has refused ever to see them, sends his wife's personal effects to them, that they may choose each one any token to take home as a me morial. But the poor relations are so pleased with these articles that they insist on appropriating the whole, much to the indignation of the house keeper, and hence ensues a native Irish con tention such as few but Charles Lever can describe. Vyner, who will evidently figure conspicuously in future events, accidentally meets his old friend before departing from Arran, and an interesting dialogue ensues. We are fur ther introduced to Spier's wife and sister-in•law, and a few other characters, among whom is an American. We think that Mr. Lever has but one type of transatlantic character for all his works, and that, the individual herein introduced, the pugnacious " Quackinboss." We trust that, in justice to the better class of Americans, he will possess some of their virtues. Several smart sketches of English country life, and of tourists generally, are given, and the tale begins to be interesting. BOOKS RECEIVED. Wildfire : A Novel. 3 vols. By Walter Thornbury. Hurst and Blackett. A Box for the Season. By Charles Clarke. 2 vola. Chapman and Hall. uan to Beersheba; or, Northern and Southern Friends. Chapman and Hall. Christmas at Old Court. By the author of "Richelieu in Love." Bentley. The Pearl of the Rhone, and Other Poems. By William Duthie. Robert Hardwicke. The Story of The Guns. By Sir James Emerson Tennent. Longman and Co. Household Education. By Harriet Martineau. Smith, Elder, and Co. Historic Odes, &c. By R. W. Dixon. Smith, Elder, and . . . Co. - Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade. A. W. Bennett. Quarterly Journal of Science. No. I. Churchill and Sons. Quarterly Review : for January, 1864. John Murray. SHAKSPERIANL The Stratford Committee have lately received a commu nication from General Knollys expressive of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's best wishes for the success of a scheme that has for its object to do due honour to our great dramatist ; and, although it is impossible for the Prince to make any engagement, at the present moment, to favour Stratford with a visit at the festival, the committee cherish the hope that Warwickshire will be gratified with his pre sence on one of the days of the festival. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE has been joined during the past week by the following :—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Lord Provost of Edin burgh have become vice-presidents; the following gentle men having become members of the committee :—Holman Hunt, Esq„ H. Stacy Marks, Esq., Charles ,Salamans, Esq., Charles Lewis, Esq. THE SHARSPERE VOCAL ALBUM.---Messrs. Lonsdale are announcing the immediate publication of the " Shak spere Vocal Album," containing selections from the best settings of Shakspere's poetry for one, two, three, and more voices, by Arne, Purcell, Leveridge, Linley, Haydn, and other composers of eminence. MR. FECHTER INTENDS TO PRODUCE " HAMLET" as his next great enterprise at the Lyceum Theatre. The play is to be put on the stage in a magnificent style, and Mr. Fechter has very courteously offered the first night to the Shakspere Committee. The managers of the Strand and the Surrey Theatres have also, we believe, offered to give the Monument Fund the benefit of a night at those houses. THE MONUMENT COMMITTEE..—Tho Archbishop of York, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord President of the Council, the Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, and the Architectural Museum, the Master of Trinity, Professor Westmacott, Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, David Roberts, R.A., Daniel Maclise, R.A., Clarkson Stanfield, R.A,, George Godwin, Esq., and Henry Ottley, Esq. DR. ANDREW REED, FOUNDER AND PROMOTER OF PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS.—Let us name these in succession, according to the dates of their founda tion, and then proceed to give a brief sketch of the life and labours of the individual who, obscure by birth, and com paratively obscure in station, yet succeeded in calling such noble insiitutions into existence. These are the London Orphan Asylum, founded in 1812 ; the Infant Orphan Asylum, in 1827 ; the Asylum for Fatherless Children, in 1844 ; the Asylum for Idiots, in 1847; the Royal Hospital for Incurables, in 1854 ; and the Eastern Counties Idiot Asylum, in 1859, The founder was the son of an obscure watchmaker, who, coming up from Weymouth to London, established himself in a small business in Butcher-row, St. Clement Danes, where ho married an orphan girl, one of whose children, born in 1787, is the subject of the present memoir. The parents of Andrew Reed were Independents. Andrew was intended to be brought up as a watchmaker, for which trade he showed no small aptitude, but he was an earnest, thoughtful youth, fond of study, and one in whom religious friends thought they recognised a capacity for higher things thin mere journeywork, Of these friends the Rev. Matthew Wilks counselled the young watchmaker to leave his calling, and devote himself to the work of the ministry. Andrew was accordingly entered a student at Hackney College, one of the training establishments of the Independents. M. GEROME is engaged upon a commission re ceived from the Emperor Napoleon to paint the scene at the Imperial Court during the reception of the Siamese Ambas sadors. Those dignitaries are seen crawling upon the ground towards the throne on which the Emperor is seated. They do this after the manner of their country, upon their hands and knees, their faces near the earth. Beside the Emperor is the Empress, and around the principal actors are grouped the dignitaries of the French empire, soldiers and civilians, and many ladies. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Severn, 850 tons, Mr. Henry King, master, belonging to Mr. George Lidgett, London, which sailed from Plymouth on the 14th July last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 11th October, having on board 47 married people, 130 single men, 9 7 single women, 19 boys and 21 girls between the ages of one and 12, and 10 infants, numbering in all 324 souls, equal to 294 statute adults, under the care of Mr. Ambrose New bold, M.D., surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss Mary Alstrong, matron. One birth and three deaths took place on the voyage. War. 6111 rt •kt-WA' HER MAJESTY. OsBORNE, Jan. l u ' o Her Majesty, attended by Lady Churci t' Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Pb , PPr and Colonel H. Ponsonby, went over the Gove". ment prison at Parkhurst yesterday morning. 8 Sir George Grey, Secretary of Stat e for the 11°°3 Department, also attended her Majesty. Colonel Henderson, Surveyor-General of Prise met her Majesty at Parkhurst. JO. V i ' ve The Queen and Princess Louise wa lked and dr° in the grounds yesterday. .1 e- 14 1 Princess Helena rode on horseback, Lady Lady Churchill. Dr. Jenner arrived from London. The Prince and Princess of Virs lBs ', o o No official balletin of the health of t he of Wales and the young prince was pu blishe d 0 terday at Marlborough House, but a message Who received in the course of the day intimating t the progress of her Royal Highness the Princ ils oo Wales was perfectly satisfactory , and that rr infant prince was quite well. We, howev er ' s t o ceived the following bulletin from Frogmore late hour last night : l e g ad " Her Royal Highness the Princess of wale gad prince continue to make most sat iele c ' progress. i r o ol " Another bulletin will be issued on L'-`" M P. evening. " ARTHUR, FAER.I " D. W. JENNER, M** lj o p " Dr. Jenner, as one of the Physicians ja nary to the Prince of Wales, is in attendance tljifpo the Princess, in the absence of Dr. Sleeking' is prevented by temporary illness." We We understand that her Royal Highn ess „ 0 . ce sufficiently recovered yesterday, the nip th del h a pb - her accouchement, to be able to leave her CO sit up for a short time. the On Saturday morning his Royal HighillttO Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. G. g. Equerry in Waiting, drove from Frogrner.,%tetti Datchet Station of the London and South "`" Railway, and proceeded by the 10.4 ordinelloa train for Richmond-park, when his roy al bigb p al in company with his Royal Highness the P u t ipp Cambridge and Earl Russell, weut out sho e d after which the distinguished party preeee"-thel the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, Wh e f e 0 0 1 partook of some refreshment. The Fr ai ro utel Wales returned to Frogmore, by the same about five o'clock in the evening. fee The Prince of Wales attended divine ee ri no oer the Chapel Royal St. George yesterdaY aft r O O when the form of prayer and thanksgiving '')scl, safe delivery of the Princess of Wales 0 11 0 The same form was also read yesterday' e t $ 4 1 ) 00$ churches in England and Wales where it he' received. sieo The service was Cook's, in C, and the tie ter were intoned by the Rev. Charles Pack. 11074. sons were read by the Rev. Mr. Frewer, nnieerdef aa b The anthem, " 0, where is wisdom to be Oe n where is the place of understanding ?” te lte p li ) fe ° Job 20th and following verses (1 30 Y„ c- . r i abi,' finely sung by Messrs. Dyson, Marriott, lifire and Masters Frost and Smith. The BlT r at Wriothesley Russell was present as canon ' h it ut dente. The chapel was densely crow'le d f - 00 admirable arrangements his royal highness $Ol bi two gentlemen of his suite quitted the e'i s the south door before the congregation le` seats. Dr. Elvey presided at the orga n. o 6 On Monday last her Majesty planted el l 00 0 0 the pounds of Frogmore House to cooli e r och the happy event of the birth of they oung P r od and, before leaving Windsor, her Majesty her high appreciation of Dr. Brown's o'lo4 attention, and has also been graciously Pletinoaet present to that gentleman a v er y valuable :000 ring set with diamonds, in ack nowledge° acrviCOS in connection with the event. gave an evening ---- Evening Their Ro y al party at their residence, Orleans P TwHinekreßnhem, on Sa l tu a r r d -t a -y y — n a i di" Highnesses the:DhOtu.rkleeaannd D s ugch°eUeSs eel:Ada4bloloe: oyal Highness the Duchess of Cambritige ~te present Highness the Duchess of Mecklenburg- St. tl': Duchess N en loura of m • d theart r e r a O r r e l s e e a n n t s o , n the occasion; and a mongst the mentbecii:e sr lj h were their Royal Highnesses the v b " o lte d° ,rinhicsosaßomyaarlguHeirgithr das,otrbie°lo., vtkife, Royal Highnesses an the Prince and Princess d e .°lll 45 and his Royal Highness the Duke de PenthievreA' s o Y ! The members of the diplomatic corps compri7tviotf cellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Couuteee **-10r, the Count Alexander Appon3i ; his ExcelleneY t i lt cl 4 d e ThereCo m yn w , Minister, hi a s n E d xcellency the Spanish Minister au ci . te t' t 0 his present —The ri se E tse x ern e . elleney the Swedish 3112115 -e ere also m Michael Countess Wacht Fiano, Albans, the Pr in ce Earl and Countess of Clarend°l4 - ,i COO ,",,i, Villiers and Miss Lister, Earl Granville Vali 913- "ber' ~,i' Russell, Lady Geor i Russell ' • sant '''- I r . " g ana and Visa 0 stir $ ti r the Earl of C t—GoTrhtaeohParkinocffr: atnuderivinakeetua: °I jo r aid o .eg /, oventry, the Earl of Tyrone, ' ll CO I A Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Du ff , the Cortstl32:oe °lv and the Ladies Craven, Mr. Chichester Yoriv-od t, France Countess Waldegrave, Viscount Cl2olB° ortell,h°o Lord Hon uises on. 3Ltai ; d s L C a a d d y eg N an orr i N e ' y is a c , o l, un or t d S a u n d d le.y i , ja V dy iseou ra ut oy C cr ojo i ci . _ h Lady Georgiana Bertie and Misses Bertie, L° rci , l' o ed, P ;et GilbertCelmsford and the Hon. Misses Thesiger, i' °r ;,,i. vi' dre Hloi r eo i un a . Stoner, Lord and Lady Skelraersdale t o ?i f Marquis ELyenl F vgi o s, r \tuvninagtofi,eHido,ns.iarnEd rHskievn.oF.a:::::::rg:l4.if Kennedy, Count Ma ff ei, Count Zeuf-frePiii 1 . 0 . Villa-Reale, Count de Bouillet, Baron de 1 3 °,40 ; le o Hon. Mr. Cadogan, Hon. Mr. StOrl,orriri "110 Liddell, Cottorell, Mr. and Lady Marl kir*: s ad P",,,e Chevalier ll da Santos, Colonel Liddell and J P ' l. ; 0. V rP de ry , Colonel and Mrs. Home-Purees' Cledueneatl go no u n:l s e , Captain Dalzell, Dr. and Madatae w ean , '1.6, and_s_arb.ourrosff.,n:irrv. e y , Mrs. M is s Liddell,Massey, isiMris.eanTabrcp 100 and v : 0 1: ef o l : and i 11Y1 , Mr. • s _ l _ a and Mrs. Wodehouse Currie, Mr. artsr. Oa; de A j i . ad T me Bernard, M. and Madame Lang"nosell.,Z do Townley and Misses Townley, Mr. 0. Albert '-- T - Her Mai Weyer, Mr. Jervoise s • on t ° ' Smith Mr. Al der l ' 1 (14 9 a Sgt . eee -------4.------------- eside until the 11th Pr° L° will return to Windsor 0 s. ot iy i ,, Majesty y ictor Van d e Weyer, Mr. the c a stle b l: , I , 0 '!„, next. da The Queen will remain at °ru e, will reside will afterwards go to OolArne, where tr;00 Windsor for the 'season —Court .1 ate; I tal. 0 1/‘ the future rat Her M • • * alesty will probably for and Will ''' Windsor Castle her principal resideneOf h e Vi ta there for several months in the year. o f t- - of and then '' 0 The bronze works for the decoratio:lo o at& f, Prince Consort's tomb at Frogmore are being e x taro cl :: of the famous French firm of Barbedienne. nin o n sti' t :, of it is said, has received a commission to eXec lit ,„ fitlit" the Queen in bronze, to be places there beside t . "'" 4 the Princ e Consort. a t itito Some curiosity exists as to the nan o tii? belie VP', the young Prince, some asserting that it . , 1711 1 IN O ° Albert Edward of Wales, whilst others tnn la ' . :,:oor m oi o receive some such designation as Duke of cori,--., j oro 0 of Gloucester. No doubt, however, exists that a Alb l e o o Edward; Highness will, like his father, be A ti333 ,: o sta I 'o 3 o but it is perhaps sot so universallf ''''' co ecl . 0 the name by Which the Prince of Wales will i ' l6 ffi he t ee° throne—(may the day be far distan.t I Y -41- 0,0 OP" cl , Edward the Seventh. It is said that this itra il t A.IIOPOO, wish of the late Prince Consort, who though t til . r il 1 6 13 ,,,i1l would hardly sound congenial to the BogilBll e7:0,14 however, grown congenial enough since his cleral.oce. o the respect we pay to the memory rem e gon d 141 On ° unusual brilliancy. We are informed, u The forthcoming season pses to butbotil; pat g eocl o g o oo re that her Majesty intends gradually eto em erge f t eta I°ol gusion observed during the last two years, among her subjects, although the more arduetisue rr ia , f till have to be performed by her Royal gig hue6 til t S ° _,,a sll a nd t ° edatio rO4 of Wales. Should peace be preserved in --°, pea. - A ' li cl Europe there can be no doubt of the Queen 0 ' ro p "" iO , paying her daughter a lengthened visit in the 1 1 ) ,, 0 00 o t t t h ne e t l , ' n i t i n n i c , e m ss , , th it o is po s o a p id lo , is at vceorypetlgyouto breeit:griati.n:cootef:ljie her happy accoucliement, and moat desiretie '''' A and p c s 0 7 her Royal husband amongst theni. mob' Vi'v re THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS Or ..-- ~,ept- f 0 h 0 were present on Sunday night at the Italiao i ti 0 tY , Paris, to witness the reap earance of Mdlle. Pa the (oj'; " Sonnambula." Ihe the atreP was crowded with ; r ot f' l) ,,i fashion, jewels, and beauty of Paris. The ' l3ll 01 01 4 Empress arrived for the first act, and did not 1 °1 ° 4 , , had assisted in the applause bestowed on Patti atret•soa aia recall before the finale. The Empress looked t utPil.ng 4; well, but the Emperor, who evidently took an Are ° ' terest in the opera, appeared very hale and 111113 1 . the audience was MAW, Meyerbeer, and 100 sill